18 Zamfara lawmakers vote to impeach Deputy Governor Aliyu-Gusau

By Ishaq Zaki

Eighteen of the 22 members of the Zamfara House of Assembly have voted in favour of the impeachment of the state Deputy Governor, Alhaji Mahadi Aliyu-Gusau.

The lawmakers voted when they were served the impeachment notice issued against the deputy governor on Thursday.

This followed a motion at the house plenary moved by the deputy speaker of the house and Chairman, House Committee on Public Accounts, Musa Bawa (APC-Tsafe East) and seconded by Yusuf Kanoma (APC- Maru North).

The Speaker, Nasiru Magarya, who presided over the plenary, directed the Clerk of the House, Shehu Saidu-Anka to effect voting for every member of the house that attended the plenary as required by the law.

The result indicated that 18 out of the 22 members of the house voted in support of the impeachment of the deputy governor.

The House of Assembly consequently passed a resolution requesting the state Chief Judge, Justice Kulu Aliyu, to immediately constitute a panel to investigate all the allegations leveled against the deputy governor,“

A statement issued by the Director-General, Press Affairs and Public Relations to the house, Mustafa Jafaru-Kaura Said action taken by the house was in line with the provision of Section 188 (5) of the constitution, as amended.